Railway-car.



No. 846,846. PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907. L. J. HARRIS.

RAILWAY OAR. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1906.

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LOUIE J. HARRIS, or NEW YoRK, N. Y.

RAILWAY-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

Application filed August 27. 1906. Serial No. 332,279.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIE J. HARRIS, a

citizen of the United States of America, and I a resident of New York,in the county of New York and State oi New York, have invented a certainnew and useful Railway- Car, of which the following is a specification,the same being a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to railway-cars, and more particularly to thatclass of cars which are constructed with the car-body between the trucksdepressed or hung down, as shown in my Patent No. 737,403, August-25,1903, and also to old or new cars which may have the body between thetrucks reinforced by attaching to the bed or bottom of the car aresisting structure, either made of wood or metal, and a connectionbetween the-same and the trucks whereby the trucks, either separately orcollectively, are caught or held, so as to prevent them from assuming anabnormal position, so as to allow for the ordinary lateral movement orswing of the truck ends, but which forms a resistance in case ofderailment or accident; and my invention embodies certain novel featuresof construction and combination and arrangement of parts forming inoperation a simple and efficient organization.

To attain the desired end, this my invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement, and operation of novel devices andcombination of devices, as hereinafter set forth.

In order to enable the invention to be fully understood, I will proceedto explain the same by reference to the drawings, illustrative of oneembodiment of the invention, which accompany and form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of acar constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a view in detail,being an elevation of the truck. Fig. 3 is a partial plan view of thetruck; and Figs. 4 and 5 are plan views of a truck and a portion of thecar-body, the truck being shown in a normal median position in Fig. 4and in Fig. 5 in its extreme limit of displacement.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views.

Referring particularly by letter to the drawings, A denotes a carprovided with l means for resistance,

as the hangdown A, the body of the car lying over the trucks beingindicated by the reference character C.

I ordinarily provide auxiliary resistance means, as a member or membersconsisting, preferably, of the cross beam or plate E, ordinarilyreinforced by the member formed by the longitudinal beam G, which latterparts may, if desired, be either attached to the bottom face of thehangdown A or in cases where there is no such depending portion directlyto the bed or bottom of the car, provided that they lie inwardly orrearwardly of and below the upper face of the truckframe, by whichdevice a resistance means to the inward or rearward movement of thetruck in case of a collision is formed capable of standing a very heavystrain.

Intermediate the trucks D and the said resistance means is located aconnecting device whereby a limited movement is allowed for the swing ofthe trucks, which turn on the in the ordinary manner,

center of king-pin D togas the pivoted links F, forming a sort ofgle-joint.

Under ordinary conditions the trucks will have a slight swingingmovement in going around curves, &c.; but in case of accidentsuch, forexample, in the event of the derailment of the car and the structurebeing thrown, by the impact of a collision, from the rails Bthetoggle-joints F will limit the swinging movement of the trucks, and thusprevent the same from being displaced.

By constructing the framing of the car.- bed with reinforcing means andtruck connections I make a stronger car and do away with thetruck-chains now common in car use and eliminate to a very great degreethe liability of any derailment of the trucks and also the telescopingof the car. The said auxiliary means may also consist of pipes or tubingH used either in connection with or separately from the reinforcingmeans, consisting of the plate E and beam G.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to theexact details of construction shown and described, for obviousmodifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a car, a truck, a rigid partextending across the ,car and lying inwardly or rearwardly of and belowthe upper face of the truck-frame, to provide a resistance means to therearward or nward movement of the face of the truck-frame,

truck, and intermediate means connected with the car and truck to allowonly a limited movement of the truck.

2. In a car having a hangdown, or depending portion of the same, atruck, a rigid part lying inwardly or rearwardly of and below the upperface of the truck-frame, to rovide a resistance means to the rearward orinward movement of the truck, and forming a facing for the said hangdownor depending portion, and intermediate means connected with the car andtruck to allow only a limited movement of the truck.

3. In a car, a truck, a rigid part lying inwardly or rearwardly of andbelow the upper to provide a resistance means to the rearward or inwardmovement of the truck and comprising a resistance device and anauxiliary metal structure, and intermediate means connected with the carand truck to allow only a limited movement of the truck.

4. In a car, a truck, a rigid part extending across the car and lyinginwardly or rearwardly of and below the upper face of the truck-frame,to provide a resistance means to the rearward or inward movement of thetruck, and intermediate means connected with the car and truck to allowonly a limited movement of the truck consisting of a pivoted linkmechanism. 7

5. In a car having a hangdown, or depending portion of the same, atruck, a rigid part lying inwardly or rearwardly of and below the upperface of the truck-frame, to provide a resistance means to the rearwardor inward movement of the truck, and forming a facing for the saidhangdown or depend- I the rearward or inward ing portion, andintermediate means connected with the car and truck to allow only alimited movement of the truck consisting of a pivoted link mechanism.

6. In a car, a truck, a rigid part lying inwardly or rearwardly of andbelow the upper face of the truckframe, to provide a resistance means tothe rearward or inward movement of the truck, and comprising aresistance device and an auxiliary metal structure, and intermediatemeans connected with the car and truck to allow only a limited movementof the truck consisting of a pivoted link mechanism.

7. In a car, a truck, and a rigid part lo cated a distance away from thetruck and lying inwardly or rearwardly of and below the upper face ofthe truclcframe, and consisti'ng of a metal framework to provide aresistance means to the rearward or inward movement of the truck.

S. In a car, a truck, and a rigid part extending across the car andlying inwardly or rearwardly of and below the upper face of thetruck-frame, and consisting of a metal framework to provide a resistancemeans to movement of the truck, in combination with a device con nectedwith the car and truck to allow only a limited movement of the truck.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same,in the city of New York, county and State of New York, this 6th day ofAugust, 1906.

LOUIE J. HARRIS. Witnesses:

ROB. SOHWARZ, J ODELL FOWLER. 2

